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ViXS powers first 4K Ultra HD HEVC 10-Bit OTT media player

Vixs was showing different tone mapping strategies for HDR contentViXS has had a good time recently as it has been ahead of most of its competition with UltraHD support in the XCode 6400. The company’s next chip is in FPGA mode at the moment, with a full silicon launch planned for mid-year. It seems that … Read more

Dell Reveals Best Portfolio of Consumer Devices in Company History

Dell announced at CES 2015 an expanded portfolio of award-winning devices featuring premium materials, stylish finishes and the latest technologies from its XPS, Alienware, Venue, Inspiron and displays families. “The new products announced today raise the bar in every category, with style, substance and software solutions customers can only get from Dell,” said Sam Burd, … Read more

CEA Reports Industry Revenues to Reach All-Time High of $223.2 Billion in 2015

Revenues for the consumer electronics (CE) industry are projected to grow three percent in 2015 and to reach an all-time high of $223.2 billion, according to The U.S. Consumer Electronics Sales and Forecasts, the semi-annual industry report released today by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The total revenues forecast was announced by CEA President and … Read more

Will New ESPN Streaming Kill Pay TV? (sort of)

The most notable news to come out of this years Consumer Electronics Show CES (and perhaps in hindsight the past ten years of CES events) was the somewhat muted announcement that ESPN will soon be available to US viewers without a PayTV subscription. To some, including this analyst, it signals the beginning of the end of PayTV … Read more

NEC Offers Large-Format LCD as Projector Replacement

NEC E705 LCD display

Aiming to provide a projector replacement for conference rooms, NEC’s new Multisync E-series LCD display supports multiple different peripherals through its OPS slots. The slot can be used to attach PCs, tuner modules, HDBaseT receivers and more. The new display is available in two sizes: 70″ (E705, 340cd/m² of brightness) and 80″ (E805, 300cd/m² of brightness). A … Read more

NEG to Set Up FPD Glass Subsidiary in China

Nippon Electric Glass (NEG) has concluded an investment and construction agreement with Nanjing Economic and Technological Development Zone in China, concerning the processing and sales of glass for flat panel displays. In addition, NEG will establish a fully-owned subsidiary in Nanjing, China, Electric Glass (Nanjing) Co., Ltd., which will come into being in March 2015 and … Read more

Hisense Germany Expands Team

Andre Lange Hisense

Hisense has named Andre Lange to the position of commercial director in Germany. He joins Hisense from German telecommunications company E-Plus, having also previously worked for Samsung and Loewe in Germany. Lange will also form part of the three member board of Hisense Germany, together with CEO Morris Luo and financial manager Daniel Shi. The … Read more

Samsung Closes Flagship London Store

Samsung is reported to have closed its flagship Samsung Experience Store at the Westfield Stratford City shopping centre in London. The company said that its remaining nine Experience Stores in the UK will remain open. Samsung opened the Westfield store in 2013 as a showcase for its TVs, smartphones and tablets.  

Global Diagnostic Display Shipments Are on the Rise, DisplaySearch Reports

Global shipments of diagnostic displays are forecast to grow at a 5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), between 2014 and 2018. According to the latest DisplaySearch Specialty Displays Report, larger high-resolution wide-aspect-ratio displays are starting to become more popular, but 21.3” displays had a 67% share of unit shipments and a 65% share of revenues … Read more

TPK Ends Year with Fall in Sales

Touch specialist, TPK Holding, said sales for 2014 were down 18.6% from 2013 at NT$129.5 billion ($4.1 billion). Sales in the final month of the year were flat month on month at NT$13.3 billion ($420 million), though for the fourth quarter, TPK achieved a 21.4% sequential increase in sales at NT$39.6 billion ($1.2 billion).